A prospective cause of death classification system for maternal deaths in low and middle-income countries: results from the Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the causes of maternal death in a population-based cohort in six low- and middle-income countries using a standardised, hierarchical, algorithmic cause of death (COD) methodology.

Design

A population-based, prospective observational study.

Setting

Seven sites in six low- to middle-income countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Guatemala, India (two sites), Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia.

Population

All deaths among pregnant women resident in the study sites from 2014 to December 2016.

Methods

For women who died, we used a standardised questionnaire to collect clinical data regarding maternal conditions present during pregnancy and delivery. These data were analysed using a computer-based algorithm to assign cause

SUBMITTER: Pasha O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6298604 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature